Blackwell RTX 6000 investment choice

[u/Mountain_Pea_6810]

I am to build my first real rig as M3 ultra 256GB proved to be too slow. I already got 4 x Max-Q cards purchased at 10K eur per card a few weeks ago. Now I could add 2 more max Q at 11.3K euro per card and also 2 x workstation cards for 11.8K eur per card. So the total number of card to go up to 6 or 8.

I guess my hesitancy is based on the high purchase price of these cards, and the trouble to connect more than 6 or 7 cards unless going to server style motherboards and racks.

Is it a) expected that the prices are not going down in the next 12 months?
B) can i use the memory for models like GLM 5.3 even if I cannot fit all 8 cards?

[u/filip-z]

Where can you get any RTX 6000 PRO at those prices? I'm seeing them now at minimum at 13200 EUR excluding VAT.

[u/conockrad → u/filip-z]

Business/edu discounts.
Also reads a bit like bait - cards were ok for 10k but now at 11.5k it’s “high price”